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The Bike of The Month (BoTM) poll for December 2010 is now up, click here to get your votes in now! .
Ensure you use your vote wisely this month, the winning bike will be featured in MBR magazine and the winner will receive a years subscription to the magazine.

Each month we aim to enlighten you of all the goings on around the country that have occurred in the previous month and let you know what’s going on in the coming month.

Ridebike Rides have now been going strong for many years. At first these involved a couple of dodgy looking characters in lurid lycra meeting up in the woods to ride their retro pride and joys.
But now meetings have evolved to groups of up to 40 enthusiasts meeting up to enjoy their bikes, company and trails.
In doing so a friendly atmosphere has been created and good riding manners developed, giving Retrobike Rides their unique qualities and infectious banter.

Everyone is welcome to join Retrobike Rides and everyone is made to feel welcome when they do. All abilities are catered for with the rule being we only get round as fast as the slowest person, with short cuts and chicken runs being planned into the routes.
Retrobike Rides are non competitive with the emphasis on socialising, having fun and exploring the best new trails with people who know them well.
And of course doing it all riding old bikes.

If this appeals to you, please come and join in at one of our National or Local events.

- The Hell of North Cotswolds (Sunday April 10th 2011)
- Mountain Mayhem (Weekend of June 17th-19th 2011)

*The final round has been opened up for all regions to submit a bid to organise and host it. We’ll then post up their plans and every Retrobike member will have the opportunity to vote on the most popular idea. The event with the most votes will become the season finale for 2011.

Bikefood have been hugely generous in supporting our series, the opening round will be at Cannock this month. All Retrobike rides are free so get yourselves along, you’ll along be able to sample a few freebies courtesy of Bikefood.

Following discussion, we’ve very reluctantly taken the decision to POSTPONE the ride next Monday and give as much notice as possible so that people could alter their plans.

This was not an easy decision to arrive at as the Turkey Twizzler is a very well established and attended event. Although we recognise that weather forecasts are often unreliable, Cannock is supposed to have 4 inches of snow on Monday and never be above freezing between now and then so the riding could be a challenge but it was the getting there and back, with some people travelling vast distances, that was the key concern.

We’re hoping to arrange a slightly surreal festive Turkey Twizzler in February, date to be confirmed.

Everyone likes Old School and none more so than Retrobike and Morvélo Bicycle Apparel. Fat Tire Flyer was the original mountainbike magazine co-founded in 1980 by one of the pioneers of Mountain Biking Charlie Kelly. It’s pages contain classic imagery of early off-road action and this cover from May/June 1984, a bike pile after one of the customary early April “Derby’s” in Marin County, sums up the care free and fun loving attitude of the time.

Retrobike and Morvélo liked it some much they got in contact with Charlie Kelly to see if they could run a limited edition t-shirt of it. Not only did he say yes, but he also re-scanned in the cover of the original for them to use. His fee? “Just make sure you send me one of the t-shirts!” he said. Still a legend.

Just 100 of the t-shirts have been hand-printed onto Morvélo’s customary high quality soft cotton tees, only a handful remain in stock. The shirts are exclusively avilable from the Morvélo online store. For more images of the shirt please see this post on the forum.

The November 2010 Bike of The Month ‘Carbon Special’ contest was taken by Brad’s Specialized Epic Ultimate . The Epic Ultimate will be featured in next month’s mbr magazine and Brad will receive a year’s subscription to the magazine. Yet another select month with numerous potential winners, it’s well worth checking the thread out here.

Due to popular demand we are getting a batch of hoodies printed up ready for Christmas delivery. Numbers are strictly limited in the first batch so if you’d like to order one or wish to see more details please check the thread here.

Hoodies are now available in the shop, click here to order. Very limited stock available for pre-Christmas delivery.

Ladies and gentleman, 2011 promises to be an amazing year for Retrobike riding. Not only are your regional area groups in great shape with rides regularly being organised, but we’ve also put together a cracking National Series to entice you.

The National Series is the cream of the Retrobike rides squeezed into a seven round series. We’ve done our very best to spread them around the United Kingdom, offer some of the very best trails and also make the series completely free to enter. So get your new diaries out, here is the Retrobike National Event Series with support from BikeFood Calendar for 2010/11:

• The Hell of North Cotswolds (Sunday April 10th 2011)
• Mountain Mayhem (Weekend of June 17th-19th 2011)

With Retrobike rides proving ever more popular we are delighted to announce that bikefood have decided to support our series, they will be supplying us with complimentary drink supplements, water bottles and energy bars at all our national events.

For those suffering with cold heads due to the recent cold snap here in the UK why not buy a retrobike hat. Click here to buy one All our hats are high quality Beechfield items embroidered here in the UK. The new styles are as follows

The Carbon Special Bike of The Month (BoTM) poll for November 2010 is now up, click here to get your votes in now! .
Ensure you use your vote wisely this month, the winning bike will be featured in MBR magazine and the winner will receive a years subscription to the magazine.